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...problem: the current annual checks don't look for pesticides or harmful substances because the farms have voluntarily agreed not to use them. "Apparently, the existing controls cannot determine whether feed is tainted or not," Dosch said. "We need more random testing." In addition, the reporting process is still weak - despite the outcry over "mad cow" disease and the subsequent foot-and-mouth crisis. Under current law, food-testing agencies need not inform authorities about tainted products, only the farms or companies involved. The food-testing agency in Kulmbach never passed on its discoveries of tainted poultry earlier this year...
...bank in receivership, thousands of remaining depositors are unable to access their funds. "I'm about to lose hope," says one, whose account held all his earnings from years of labor abroad. Rafael Buenaventura, governor of the Philippines central bank, concedes, "This is a clear case of our weak regulatory environment...
...Manny - reveal desires for more than the painting. While the central point - that the Pollock is treated by everybody as merely a commodity to be traded, for money or sex or both ("You know what TIME magazine called Pollock?" sneers Manny. "Jack the Dripper!") - Williamson's characters are absurdly weak. Loren's comments on her sexual acquiescences are restricted to "I enjoyed it" or "That was the most humiliating thing I've ever done." Her arguments with long-suffering husband Gerry are crudely drawn, seeming artificial and superficial. Worst of all is the cliché of the Jewish businessman Manny...
...market overvalued, foreign investors are taking their money elsewhere. That makes it tougher for the U.S. to finance its foreign account deficit, which could reach $460 billion this year. And it makes further falls in the dollar likely. European exporters might not like it, but at least a weak dollar could keep European interest rates low. And it is better that the dollar eases to a sustainable level now rather than crashing later. If the market works like O'Neill thinks, the economic band may play on. But if things move too slow or fast, he may be caught between...